News-Press NOW is a 24-hour local cable news and weather channel based in

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and serves Buchanan, Nodaway, and

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counties. Owned by

News-Press & Gazette Company The News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) is a media company based in St. Joseph, Missouri, wholly owned and operated by the Bradley family. It is presided by Brian Bradley and David R. Bradley, with Hank Bradley (retired), Eric Bradley and Kit Bra ...

, the channel is based out of the company's corporate headquarters on Edmond Street in downtown Saint Joseph. News-Press NOW is one of a handful of flagship properties owned by News-Press & Gazette Company, which also publishes the ''

St. Joseph News-Press The ''St. Joseph News-Press'' is a daily morning newspaper based in St. Joseph, Missouri. It is the flagship publication of the News-Press & Gazette Company, which owns newspapers across northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas, and telev ...

'' and owns local

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affiliate KNPN-LD,

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affiliate

KNPG-LD KNPG-LD (channel 21) is a low-power television station in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States, affiliated with NBC, The CW Plus and Telemundo. It is owned by the locally based News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) alongside fellow flagship propert ...

, and

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affiliate

KCJO-LD KCJO-LD (channel 30) is a low-power broadcasting#Television, low-power television station in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by the locally based News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) alongside fellow Flagship ( ...

, all four of which also share offices with the channel at News-Press & Gazette's Edmond Street headquarters. It is carried on

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cable channel 3 and in high definition on digital channel 103 throughout the St. Joseph metropolitan area (including the communities of Maryville,

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, and

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). Since June 2, 2012, it is also rebroadcast as a

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of KNPN-LD, broadcasting over-the-air on UHF channel 26.3 in 16:9

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History

Originally launched as St. Joe NOW in January 2006, News-Press 3 NOW was sold by News-Press & Gazette Company in April 2011, as part of the sale of NPG Cable, Inc., the company's cable television division that operated cable systems in

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and

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, to Suddenlink Communications for $350 million. On March 5, 2012, News-Press & Gazette Company announced that it would re-acquire ownership of News-Press 3 NOW from Suddenlink; the purchase includes production equipment and other resources. All twelve employees were retained in the sale, which closed on May 1, 2012.NPG reacquires cable channel
''St. Joseph News-Press'', March 5, 2012. With the repurchase of the channel and the launch of KNPN-LD, News-Press 3 NOW became News-Press NOW. The channel's format changed from a cable-only service that offered a mix of live newscasts and news rebroadcasts exclusive to the channel to one that simulcasts and re-airs KNPN-LD's, KNPG-LD's and KCJO-LD's weekday morning, noon and nightly newscasts, along with a simulcast of the Storm Tracker weather radar during overnight and weekend daytime hours.

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External links

''St. Joseph News-Press'' / News-Press NOW Homepage
{{LocalCableNews Television stations in Missouri 24-hour television news channels in the United States Television stations in St. Joseph, Missouri News-Press & Gazette Company 2006 establishments in Missouri

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